Man ‘beat five-month-old baby girl to death as her mom listened to music in the shower’

A COCAINE addict allegedly beat his girlfriend’s five-month-old baby to death while her mom listened to music in the shower, say cops.

When a dying Anayelli Avina was found “gasping for air” by her mother, her boyfriend allegedly told her to "stop making a big deal", court records show.

Efrain Gonzalez has been charged with murder after the death of the five-month-old babyCredit: Hammond Police Department

Efrain Gonzalez, 24, has been accused of murdering Anayelli, who died on October 5 last year, six days after being admitted to the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital.

Lt. Steve Kellogg, Hammond Police Public Information officer, said at the time: “We got a 911 call from a mother stating that something was wrong with her baby; the fire department arrived, and took the baby to hospital.”

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office found that the baby had died from blunt force injuries to her head.

An autopsy ruled Anayelli’s death a homicide, the medical examiner’s office added.